"An Archaeological and Historical Account of Cannabis in China," by Hui-Lin Li, from Economic Botany, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1974), pp. 437-448, in 13 searchable pdf pages. ''From a historical vantage, Cannabis has been found in China since Neolithic times, about 6,000 years ago, with a continuous record of cultivation down to the present." This fascinating article describes archaeological and historical data about the use of hemp/cannabis for making textiles, rope, and paper, as food (seeds), in medicine, and as a hallucinogen. Uploaded by Robert Bedrosian. Internet Archive has other works by the author, who was a distinguished botanist, including his article "Hallucinogenic Plants in Chinese Herbals" as well as a selection of works about ethnobotany by various authors.

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